Happy Deepavali 2018: Samvat 2075 will begin with a 60-minute special trading session between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm on Wednesday, November 7.

Diwali 2018: Samvat 2075 will begin with a 60-minute special trading session on Wednesday

Samvat 2074 or the year from Diwali 2017 to Diwali 2018 has fetched lukewarm returns to investors in the domestic stock markets. BSE and NSE benchmark indices - Sensex and Nifty - gave returns of 7.4 per cent and 3.1 per cent since Diwali 2017 respectively. This is significantly lower than returns of 16 per cent and 17.5 per cent in the previous year (Samvat 2073). The year - Samvat 2075 - will begin with a 60-minute special trading session on Wednesday, November 7. Trading will begin at 5:30 pm and stop at 6:30 pm.

Meanwhile, brokerages have shared their top picks for your equity investments this Diwali:

IDBI Capital Markets

Here are some of the Diwali stock picks shared by IDBI Capital Markets:

Stock

Target price

Hero MotoCorp

Rs 3,330

Petronet LNG

Rs 276

Yes Bank

Rs 290

Aurobindo Pharma

Rs 915

Titan Company

Rs 1,017

(Source: IDBI Capital Markets)

Nirmal Bang

Here are five stocks recommended by Nirmal Bang:

Stock

Target price

Britannia Industries

Rs 7,120

Kajaria Ceramics

Rs 492

Sanofi India

Rs 7,570

City Union Bank

Rs 235

PVR

Rs 1,785

(Source: Nirmal Bang)

Equity99

Here are five stocks recommended by Equity99:

Stock

Target price

Nalco

Rs 105

Andhra Petrochemicals

Rs 150

L&T Infotech

Rs 2,500

Reliance Industries

Rs 1,300

South Indian Bank

Rs 25

(Source: Equity99)

AUM Capital

The brokerage has recommended five stocks for the "Muhurat" trading session - the special one-hour session due on November 7: